autumn winter pots baskets

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I am putting winter flowering pansies trailing Ivy, mixed primulas some bulbs - dwarf Narcissus & Iris and miniture conifer in mine. Although my baskets and a couple of containers are quite big, I do put a lot in. I tried snowdrops one year but they tend not to flower in the first year so they are in the ground. One year I tried just greenary but I got awfully fed up with them by January. Tip do not use the smallest plugs of pansies

Polyanthus and trailing greenery -eg ivy etc and some Tete a Tete daffs plus a tiny wee rockery conifer for height in the hanging baskets all seem to survive whatever our silly climate throws at us! Like the others say - NEVER go for the cheap small plugs plants....false economy....buy as big as you can afford - they will reward you handsomely

If you have a decent sized pot by your door, why not plant a winter-flowering honeysuckle? They lose their leaves in autumn, then around Jan-Feb they have tiny white and yellow flowers and the scent is just gorgeous! The flowers also provide a bit of nectar for early-foraging bees on fine days so everyone benefits.